Irish Dandies Disliked in Kansas
Posted by: Eolaí on April 27th, 2006
Kansas’ own Fred Phelps, a very funny man, if not quite as funny as, say, Irish dandy Oscar Wilde, is in the news for having […]
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Peace
Posted by: Eolaí on April 16th, 2006
O lovely land where the shamrock grows
(Allow me, ladies, to blow my nose)
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Beautiful Day Mr Beckett
Posted by: Eolaí on April 13th, 2006
I don’t want to go too far with the Beckett business, but on the BBC page celebrating Beckettmania there’s a comment that makes me happier […]
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Bono Enjoys Not Knowing
Posted by: Eolaí on April 10th, 2006
Yesterday’s Kansas City Star carries an AP article on the Samuel Beckett centenary in Dublin I told you about last week. Bono pops up again:
I’m […]
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Samuel Beckett Centenary Festival
Posted by: Eolaí on April 4th, 2006
This month of April in 2006 has been set aside in Ireland for the Beckett Centenary Festival. Commemorating the life and works of the Irish […]
Irish Writer John McGahern Dies
Posted by: Eolaí on March 31st, 2006
People in Kansas City have often asked me to recommend Irish writers for them to read for a sense of Ireland. They tended not to […]
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Irish poetry reading at Ottawa University
Posted by: Eolaí on March 27th, 2006
Caitriona O’Reilly, Irish author and poet, is scheduled to give a reading at 7:30pm Wednesday, March 29th, at The Ottawa University.
O’Reilly, who, like the […]
Waiting for Godot in Westport
Posted by: Eolaí on March 20th, 2006
Samuel Beckett’s absurdist tragicomedy in 2 acts WAITING FOR GODOT By CinnamonEye Productions is on at the Westport Coffeehouse (4010 Pennsylvania) this week. Lovers of […]
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Tonight: St Patrick’s Eve in KC
Posted by: Eolaí on March 16th, 2006
St Patrick’s Eve (and you thought she was Adam’s)
If you’re in the Celtic Fringe, you, your family and your folding chairs are invited to a […]
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Irish Poetry on St Patrick’s Eve
Posted by: Eolaí on March 14th, 2006
The first time I heard Paul Muldoon read one of his poems, I jumped on the bus into town (Dublin) and bought The Annals of […]
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Literature & Irish Writers
Posted by: Eolaí on May 26th, 2005
Bloomsday 2006 in Kansas City
McDonagh Play for Unicorn Theatre
Irish Author to Run for Ireland
Eoin Colfer touring US
Seamus Heaney Receives Doctorate from University of Kentucky
Voices and […]
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